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Around the time Mattis arrived, Ghani's office announced that he had accepted the resignations of Defense Minister Abdullah Habibi and the army chief of staff. A report released at the beginning of this year by the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction made clear that, despite the Pentagon pouring some $70 billion into arming and training the Afghan National Army, the force is steadily losing ground to insurgent groups, while suffering record casualties.

In honor of 4/20, CBS conducted a new poll which showed that support for the legalization of marijuana has reached an all-time high . A CBS News survey , released on Thursday, April 20 - a day that has become a pot holiday - found that more than six in 10 Americans, or 61 percent, said they believe marijuana should be legal, a five-point increase over a year ago and 10-point jump from 2014.

The prosecutor's office did not specify the political allegiance of Tuesday's victim, though media in Lara said he was an opposition sympathizer. "We talk of votes". Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez said on state TV late Tuesday that she had been instructed by President Nicolas Maduro to initiate the country's withdrawal from the Washington-based OAS if the region's foreign ministers hold a meeting on the country's crisis without his administration's backing.

I expect an overall Tory majority-maybe 40 seats or so-to come out of the general election, but I'd be surprised if there's a 90-seat landslide. "He has pledged to put transport, and the renationalisation of our railways, right at the top of the agenda".

Liberman also refused to go into detail but said, "We have 100 percent information that (the) Assad regime used chemical weapons against rebels". "There can be no doubt in the worldwide community's mind that Syria has retained chemical weapons in violation of its agreement and its statement that it has removed them all", Mattis said Friday in Israel, according to The Associated Press".

Humanitarian conditions in the Iraqi city of Mosul have been deteriorating amid fierce battles between the Iraqi forces and Daesh. "Police units killed Daesh "Mufti" Abdullah Younis al-Badrani - also known as Abu Ayyub al-Attar - in a rocket attack near western Mosul's Republican Hospital", General Raed Shakir Jawdat, commander of Iraq's Federal Police force, said in a statement .

The first complication about sanctuary cities is that there is no legal definition for the term under federal law. The injunction will stay in place while the lawsuits work their way through court. NY mayor Bill de Blasio denounced Trump's "illogical and unconstitutional desire to scapegoat immigrants" while Chicago's Rahm Emanuel vowed his administration would not "sit idly by while President Trump threatens American cities because he doesn't share our values".

The mural on the side of a building on East 74th Street shows Michelle Obama in ancient Egyptian garb. "How can you just steal someone's artwork ... In addition, his comments to a local media outlet implied that the artwork was his idea: " I wanted to present her as what I think she is, so she's clothed as an Egyptian queen", he told DNAinfo .

The summit panel's discussion had started with something of a jolt, as the moderator, journalist Miriam Meckel, asked Trump to clarify what her role was at the summit - and whether she was representing the USA, her father, or her business interests.

Wolf says Canada's dairy supply-management system has been attacked by other countries like New Zealand and Australia and it will be breached by the trade agreement with the EU which will allow European cheeses into Canada. "I don't expect there would be many countries that would do anything other than support a WTO action against Canada", Australian Dairy Farmers interim chief executive John McQueen told Reuters.

Following a two-week congressional recess, the Senate is scheduled to convene at 3 p.m., with the vote on Perdue scheduled at 5:30 p.m. Senator Perdue said , "I rise tonight to speak briefly about our new Secretary of Agriculture , my first cousin, Sonny Perdue ".

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce laid wreath as the representative of Prime Minister Turnbull. The Gallipoli campaign could only be described as a military failure of epic proportions, but the actions of Australian and their New Zealand comrades were heroic and forged a powerful legacy we hold dear more than a century later.

At the conclusion of his speech Tuesday, Trump declared: "We must never, ever shrink away from telling the truth about evil in our time". Invoking the words of Nobel Prize recipient and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, President Donald Trump pledged Tuesday that the USA would " confront anti-Semitism" and "stamp out prejudice".

Trump tweeted on Tuesday that "we will not stand for this". New duty on softwood lumber and talk from US President Donald Trump on making changes to dairy trade between the US and Canada has farmers in Alberta concerned. Interfor Corp. CEO Duncan Davies said the tariff is an attempt by the U.S.to gain leverage in negotiations. "People don't realise, Canada has been very rough on the United States".

Ms Le Pen and her supporters will ruthlessly attack the 39-year-old Mr Macron over his lack of experience and his background as a merchant banker, while questioning his patriotism and his capacity to deal with the threat of terrorism. Jean-Marie Le Pen shocked the world in 2002 by qualifying for the second round of the presidential election and then went on to lose in a landslide to conservative Jacques Chirac.

The U.S. Forces Korea will practice evacuating American civilians from Korea in June. "I don't think it is appropriate to comment on things that assume North Korea will conduct a nuclear test tomorrow out of all the other possible dates".

Give Israel a break at UN: Israel has the right to be treated like any other UN member state , was what the United Nations Secretary-General said at yesterday's World Jewish Congress' Plenary Assembly. Addressing the 600 delegates from 90 countries, Lauder spoke about the challenges facing the Jewish world, including the anti-Semitic nature inherent in the delegitimization and demonization of the State of Israel.

Neave says her hunger protest is one last push to shut the bill down. In Texas, Abbott is withholding almost $2 million in grant money to Travis County, where Sheriff Sally Hernandez said she would only comply with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detaining someone for serious crimes, such as murder or aggravated sexual assault.

An Arctic blast is set to bring bitterly cold air and some snow to the United Kingdom next week, according to experts. The Northern parts of the United Kingdom will be the worst hit from Tuesday next week with widespread overnight frosts and "heavy and wintry" showers, according to the Met Office predictions.

On Tuesday morning, he tweeted: "Canada has made business for our dairy farmers in Wisconsin and other border states very hard". "We're also going to stand up for our dairy farmers in Wisconsin", Trump told the crowd. That cost the state about 25 to 30 percent of its total logging workforce. President Donald Trump was an outspoken critic of NAFTA on the campaign trail, famously referring to it as "the worst trade deal" in US history.

Just days after Australian Prime Minister Marcolm Turnbull returned home from his visit to India, the Australian government has passed a decision to abolish 457 visa programme that allowed foreign temporary workers to work in Australia. "So today we are announcing changes to strengthen citizenship, to make for a stronger Australia, stronger citizenship, stronger citizens". They seek someone who respects their community and is part of the development of their community.

Colonel Dorrian said the fight in Western Mosul had been tough but said IS fighters had no escape. Iraqi forces also announced on Saturday killing senior chief of Islamic State. Speaking at the same press conference in Baghdad on Tuesday, the spokesman for the US-led coalition vowed that Iraq would not be abandoned after the recapture of Mosul.

But among his supporters, there are no regrets as 96 percent of those who voted for Trump said they would do it all over again if the election were held today , according to the latest Washington Post/ABC News poll . The 28 directives Trump has signed since taking office January 20th are mostly aimed at such things as rolling back regulatory reform, restricting illegal border crossings and creating jobs.

Three government watchdog groups sued this week to try to force the Trump administration to reinstate the public release of the logs. "Unfortunately, this move is perfectly in line with the policy of the Obama White House to prevent these visitors logs from being processed and released under the Freedom of Information Act", Fitton's statement read.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says President Donald Trump has thrown "a monkey wrench" into congressional talks on a catch-all spending bill with his insistence that the measure includes start-up money for a wall along the US border with Mexico.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (L) shakes hands with Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull after a media conference at Admiralty House in Sydney , Australia, April 22, 2017. The Prime Minister has resisted those calls, and although China is Australia's most important trading partner, America remains its closest ally on security matters.

Reuters reporter Brian Ellsworth joins Hari Sreenivasan from the Venezuelan capital of Caracas .disabled3000260336SrZMSaQ3iWk213647213645http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/missouris-blue-city-red-state-divide-minimum-wage/Missouri's blue-city, red-state divide over minimum wageSome of the fiercest political battles are taking place between Democratic-controlled cities and Republican-led state legislatures.

Trudeau said he would defend the national interest. For all other Canadian lumber companies, there's a almost 20% tariff on exports to the US. The Canadian currency sank to C$1.3559 to the greenback, or 73.75 USA cents, down from its North American close of C$1.3516, or 73.99 U.S.

The angel said to them, "Do not be alarmed". I know you are looking for Jesus , who was crucified. Cracked eggs symbolize an empty tomb. And behold, Jesus met them on their way and greeted them. "Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have". There is no power greater than the power that resurrected Jesus from the dead and that power is now made available for us.

President Trump spoke Monday morning with Whitson via video, where he congratulated her on the record-breaking achievement and mentioned his signing of the NASA authorization bill , as well as his efforts to increase military funding. She holds the record for most spacewalks by a female and now the most days in orbit by an American. "New U.S. High-Time Space Ninja". "It's an honor for me to be representing all the folks back at NASA who make this spaceflight possible, and who make me ...

Trump has called Assad "evil" and said his use of chemical weapons "crossed a lot of lines". The entire stockpile was said to have been dismantled and shipped out under global supervision in 2014 and destroyed. The two countries are working to set a more positive tone after eight years of friction under President Donald Trump's Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama.

Paris Prosecutor François Molins on Friday said Cheurfi had shown no signs of "radicalization". Security forces investigating the scene of the shooting say they found a note praising the Islamic State - which claimed responsibility for the attack - as well as scraps of paper with the addresses of security sites and police stations and a satchel containing weapons, munitions and the Muslim holy book in his vehicle.

Center for American Progress's Vice President of Early Childhood Policy Katie Hamm explains that she'd always meant to delve into Trump's proposed tax plan, but added that she chose to look at these counties in particular after reading a story on Inauguration Day that polled Trump voters on their hopes for the new administration.

What wasn't expected Monday was the enthusiasm with which the new American administration flung itself into the lumber hostilities, touting its incoming countervailing duties as an example of U.S. Then came a statement that said U.S. Customs will begin collecting cash deposits from Canadian logging companies because they receive a range of subsidies - majority allegedly about 20 per cent.

Trump, in a private meeting with conservative media outlets, said he may wait until Republicans begin drafting the budget blueprint for the fiscal year that starts on October 1 to seek government funds for building a wall along the U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., approved of Trump's apparent shift. In return, the Democrats will likely support some additional funding for border security , provided it is not used to help build the wall.

Softwood lumber, which comes from pine, fir and spruce trees, is used in home construction. The U.S.is going to decide on any anti-dumping duties in June, which will be applied on top of the countervailing duties. President Donald Trump has said he does not fear a trade war with Canada, despite an intensifying dispute between the two countries. The softwood lumber pact between Canada and the US expired a year and a half ago.

Overall, Toomey says he's cautiously optimistic that President Trump will continue to grow in his office. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says in a statement that it has been "a bad week for U.S". Most outside economic analyses say the type of tax cuts being promoted by Trump would likely fuel even larger deficits for a federal government already projected to see its debt steadily rise.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK ) Saturday showcased its military muscles by parading all of its most-advanced ballistic and tactic missiles, including a submarine-launched ballistic missile which could strike targets 1000 km away.

South Korean Acting Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn has instructed his military to strengthen its "immediate response posture" in case North Korea does something significant on the April 25 anniversary of its military. "He (Trump) doesn't want a war any more than I do. That's where they're headed and China needs to up their game to stop this before it's too late".

The High Electoral Board announced in a written statement its decision by a 10-1 vote to reject three requests by the opposition. Both the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party have called for the vote to be annulled.

Describing the attack as "mindless and ruthless strike on our security forces", Sonia Gandhi said the sacrifice of 24 courageous men was a big loss to the nation. The CRPF team of 99 members were helping in building a road in this Maoists stronghold. The injured were taken by helicopter to a hospital. Security forces later launched a major search operation to track down the Maoists.

WMMB is exploring options with our industry, retail and foodservice partners to help support the affected dairy farmers". Ross said during a press conference Tuesday that the tariffs are effective immediately. In a speech last week in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Trump declared that Canada has been "very, very unfair" to dairy farmers and promised to "start working on that".

While he spoke with business leaders in each country, Pence's trip was overshadowed by rising tensions in North Korea, where it is feared another nuclear test could be conducted soon in defiance of United Nations sanctions. Australia has fought alongside the U.S.in every major conflict since World War I. Turnbull echoed the sentiments, saying: "The eyes of the world are on Beijing".

He is not associated with the food company Perdue or the poultry producer Perdue Farms. While at UGA, Perdue took undergraduate classes, played on the football team for one year as a walk-on and eventually went on to earn a doctorate in veterinary medicine in 1971.

The defense system is meant to shoot down short-, medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles. However, it has become increasingly concerned as tensions rise in the flashpoint region, with experts warning of the possibility of a sixth nuclear test by the North.

She also said that President Nicolas Maduro ordered the evacuation of the hospital, adding, "We will defeat the coup attempt". The protest is the latest mass gathering in a wave of tumult that has rocked the nation over the last three weeks as demonstrators press for new elections.

Compared to former President Barack Obama's numbers during his first 100 days in office, Trump is significantly behind. Good Morning America discussed a series of polls, leading with Trump's approval rating of 42%, but towards the end of the segment they touched on one poll that the GMA anchor found "surprising".

However, his extraordinary story was contradicted by his wife's Fitbit exercise monitor, which revealed that she was active for nearly an hour after her husband claimed that she had been shot dead. The records showed movement by Dabate's wife, Connie Dabate, up to 10:05 a.m. on the day she was killed in December 2015, almost an hour after Richard Dabate said she died, according to the article.

The British government had until Monday at 4 p.m. (1500 GMT) to produce a plan to improve air quality and meet nitrogen dioxide limits set by the European Union after London's High Court ruled a calculation of future vehicle emissions was too optimistic.